Table 2.

Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios of physical health trajectory groups associated with baseline characteristics.^a

	Group 1			Group 3
	(Poor Physical Health)			(Declining Physical Health)
Characteristic	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P
Number of metabolic abnormalities
Low	1.0	(Reference)		1.0	(Reference)
High	3.6	1.6–8.0	0.002	1.3	0.7–2.6	0.419
Sarcopenic obesity	7.5	2.8–20.5	<0.001	3.1	1.1–8.4	0.028
Age per 1-y increase	1.0	1.0–1.1	0.082	1.0	1.0–1.1	0.286
Male sex	1.1	0.4–3.5	0.857	0.6	0.2–1.5	0.298
Married status	0.5	0.2–1.1	0.080	0.6	0.3–1.2	0.131
Arthritis	7.2	3.0–17.2	<0.001	1.9	0.8–4.3	0.147
Depressed mood	21.7	5.8–81.0	<0.001	5.3	1.4–19.9	0.013
Smoking
Never	1.0	(Reference)		1.0	(Reference)
Ever	0.7	0.2–3.2	0.687	0.7	0.2–2.3	0.585
Current	1.3	0.3–4.7	0.715	0.4	0.1–1.8	0.246
Alcohol drinking
Never	1.0	(Reference)		1.0	(Reference)
Ever	2.2	0.7–7.0	0.165	2.1	0.7–6.2	0.164
Current	0.5	0.1–1.9	0.295	1.1	0.4–2.7	0.892
FIB-4	1.1	1.0–1.3	0.017	1.0	0.8–1.2	0.968

^aRelative to group 2 (good physical health). FIB-4 indicates Fibrosis-4 Index for Liver Fibrosis.